Norfolk - Paranormal Database Records

Giant and Bloody Rain

Location: Somerleyton - Exact location not knownType: LegendDate / Time: Varies: 17 July & 19 November (Reoccurring)Further Comments: Somerleyton was once the hunting area of a giant, who is said to briefly appear on the evening of 17 July. The giant once stumbled across a plot to murder him, so struck first and killed the would-be assassin. The assassin's blood is said to rain down from the sky on 19 November.

Magical Cow

Location: South Lopham - Currently Oxfootstone House, Brickkiln LaneType: LegendDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A magical cow once appeared in the village and provided all poor people with free milk. The cow finally tired of this and kicked a nearby rock, whereupon she vanished. The rock retained her hoof mark, and is still in the village, albeit as part of the floor in Oxfootstone House.

Eyeless Lady

Location: South Raynham - Road between South Raynham & East RaynhamType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 1950s (?)Further Comments: Some believe this phantom woman in brown with empty eye sockets to be the same entity who haunts the nearby hall.

Viking Funeral

Location: South Walsham - South Walsham BroadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 01 May (Reoccurring)Further Comments: Reports here claim that a spectral Viking long boat appears, burning in the middle of the water.

Devil's Treasure

Location: Southwood - Old church and Callow PitType: Legend - Old NickDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A local legend states that the door handle of the church is all that remains of a treasure chest discovered by three (or two) men at the bottom of Callow Pit. As the men tried to take the chest away with them, Old Nick appeared and pulled at the other end - the men managed to escape with only one handle from the chest.

Large Cat

Location: Spixworth - Field, exact location not knownType: ABCDate / Time: 1998Further Comments: A large black cat was spotted on the edge of a field. The witness said the sitting creature was around one metre tall.

Horse Drawn Hearse

Location: Spixworth - Spixworth Manor (no longer standing)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Pre-1940sFurther Comments: Several spooky manifestations were claimed by the manor house, included a spectral hearse driven up the driveway, a piano which played itself, a man bearing a lantern who resembled a night watchman, and a ghostly woman holding a candle.

Judge Peck

Location: Spixworth - General areaType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Perhaps connected to the Spixworth Manor ghost, a local tale warns of the phantom Judge Peck who travels the area in a coach.

Lady Clad in Blue Gown

Location: Spixworth - Longe Arms public house and surrounding areaType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A phantom lady in a blue gown was said to have escorted a man named 'Old John' back from the Longe Arms every night. After he died she was never seen again, though it is said you can hear her crying on stormy nights.

White Figures

Location: Sprowston - House along Lambert Road, and general area of White Woman LaneType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000Further Comments: A local legend says that a woman from Catton Hall was murdered in the area on her wedding night, her ghost appearing in the white wedding dress. In 2000, two skeletons turned up in a house along Lambert Road, and one was speculated as being that of the murdered woman. The house had long been known as haunted.

Location: Stiffkey - Marshes, near old sewer pipeType: Post-Mortem ManifestationDate / Time: Late twentieth centuryFurther Comments: While walking across the marches, Peter Yaxley spotted a figure a short distance ahead who waved at him. The figure vanished, leaving no marks in the soft sand where he was standing. Peter discussed and described his sighting with locals, who said the description matched that of a man named Jack, who had died several weeks previous.

Do Not Move

Location: Stockton - Stockton StoneType: CurseDate / Time: Stone still presentFurther Comments: This stone is said to be cursed; when it was last moved to straighten the nearby road, one of the workmen is said to have dropped dead.

Frog Shower

Location: Stockton - Haystack on fieldType: OtherDate / Time: 1912Further Comments: After a brief period of rain, farm workers found dozens of tiny frogs leaping around on top of a haystack.

Just Willum

Location: Stokesby - Various location in the areaType: LegendDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Described as a helpful spirit, Willum is said to help others and talk quite happily to strangers - no one realising that the figure is a ghost until it disappears.

Pie Eating Madman

Location: Stow Bardolph - The Hares Arms public houseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Capon is believed to be one of the first landlords to run the pub, and he killed himself after eating a pie that his wife made for him - some think she spiked her baking with a heavy metal, which drove him mad.

Highwayman

Location: Stratton Strawless - Shortthorn RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: A ghostly highwayman was observed by one person at a site along this road.

Poltergeist

Location: Strumpshaw - The Goat InnType: PoltergeistDate / Time: 1960s?Further Comments: Supposed haunting caused by the spirit of a drowned sailor from World War 2, at least one previous landlord has reported seeing ghostly figures and hearing the piano playing by itself.

Green Lady

Location: Swaffham - George HotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: Little is known about the history of the phantom woman in green spotted at the hotel over the years. She is sometimes seen holding a pan, though her manifestations are normally limited to tapping people on their shoulders or backs or appearing as a fleeting shadow from the corner of an eye.

Cat

Location: Swaffham - Market Cross public houseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Early July 2007Further Comments: A cat has been seen in the building running across the bar area. A member of staff who spotted the animal in July 2007 mistook it for a real creature, only to be told otherwise when she mentioned her encounter to others. There are also stories of a phantom man who sits by the fireplace with a beer.

Grey Figure

Location: Swaffham - Cottage near Northwell PollType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Almost completely transparent, a phantom grey figure is reported to appear in the back garden of a cottage before moving away.

Location: Swaffham - ChurchyardType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: One local man recalled how, as a boy, he was told about a ghostly woman who walked up and down the graves, as if looking for a particular headstone.

Squelching

Location: Swaffham - Area around Wood FarmType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Disembodied footsteps have been heard in fields in the area, sounding as if crossing marshy land.

John Chapman

Location: Swaffham - ChurchType: LegendDate / Time: Fifteenth centuryFurther Comments: John Chapman was a pedlar living in the town who dreamt that if he stood on London Bridge he would hear good news. He travelled to London where he waited on the bridge for three days before telling a shopkeeper about the dream, but not about where he was from. The shopkeeper laughed at Chapman, and said that he himself had a dream of digging up treasure under a tree belonging to a pedlar in Swaffham, but was too wise to pursue 'silly dreams'. The pedlar returned home, dug under his tree and found great wealth that he used to rebuild the church.